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    The Simon Commission was established in 1927 by the British government to evaluate India's political system and propose a new constitution. However, the commission was boycotted by both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League as it did not include any Indian members. The commission visited various regions in India from 1928 to 1929 to gather information. Its final report in 1930 proposed a federal system of government and greater autonomy for provinces, but rejected demands for separate electorates or increased Muslim political representation.

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    The Simon Commission was established in 1927 by the British government to evaluate India's political system and propose a new constitution. However, the commission was boycotted by both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League as it did not include any Indian members. The commission visited various regions in India from 1928 to 1929 to gather information. Its final report in 1930 proposed a federal system of government and greater autonomy for provinces, but rejected demands for separate electorates or increased Muslim political representation.

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    The Simon Commission was established in 1927 by the British government to evaluate India's political system and propose a new constitution. However, the commission was boycotted by both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League as it did not include any Indian members. The commission visited various regions in India from 1928 to 1929 to gather information. Its final report in 1930 proposed a federal system of government and greater autonomy for provinces, but rejected demands for separate electorates or increased Muslim political representation.

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    THE SIMON

    COMMISSION 1927
    John Allsebrook Simon
    Background
     According to the Montagu Chelmsford
    reforms 1 919, after ten years, new
    reformations were to be implemented. From
    that perspective, the British government
    started working on it before time. The
    government decided to send a constitutional
    commission to India, to evaluate the
    political situation and propose a constitution
    for India.
     On8th November 1927, the government
    announced the “Indian Statutory
    Commission” which was a group of seven
    Members of Parliament under the
    chairmanship of Sir John Simon. That
    commission is known as the Simon
    Commission.
     All the members of that committee were
    Britishers. There was no Indian member of
    the commission. So, it was boycotted both
    by the Congress and the Muslim League.
    While Sir Muhammad Shafi cooperated with
    it. At the time of the Simon Commission,
    the Muslim League had already been
    divided into two parts i.e. Jinnah League
    and the Shafi League due to Delhi Muslim
    Suggestions.
    Simon Commission
    Arrived in India
     The Commission, headed by Sir John Allsebrook
    Simon, reached British India on February 3, 1928, to
    study constitutional reform in Britain’s largest and
    most important possession.
     • London
     • Bombay (3rd Feb 1928)
     • Karachi
     • Quetta
     • Peshawar
     • Delhi
    • Lahore ( 30 Oct 1928: Lajpat Rai led &
    Abdul Qadir Qureshi, Moulana Zafer ALi)
     • Lucknow
    • Patna
     • Calcutta
    • Rangoon
     • Madras
    • Nagpur Abdul Azim Akhtar
     Note:(February – March, and October 1928 –
    April 1929)
    Suggestions of Simon
    Commission
     The Commission published its report in 1930
    which contained several constitutional
    proposals, which are as follows.
     1. Federal system of government should be
    implemented in the Sub-Continent.
     2. In the provinces, the dual system would be
    finished and autonomy would be given.
     3. Sind would be separated from Bombay
    4 • In N. W. F. P., the same constitutional
    reformation should be implemented.
     5. The system of a separate electorate
    would be continued.
     6.
    In the Muslim Minority provinces, Muslims
    would be given more representation than
    their population.
     7.
    No reserved seats would be their in
    Punjab and Bengal.
     8.
    The demand of 1/3 Muslim
    representations in the central council
    should be rejected by giving him
    representation according to their
    population
     9. In the province, ministries would be
    given proportional representation.
     10. The status of central administration
    should be continued and it should not be
    changed.
    Thank YOU

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